Georgina
09-10-2016, 04:44 PM
This evening I had a conservation with a female pheasant. Looking out my back window I saw a large bird trying to fly out off the yard onto the roof of an out building. It rested halfway up and I realised it was a male pheasant. It eventually landed back on the ground. I went out to see what was going on when I noticed there were three on the ground. Two flew away immediately, one being the male, not sure what the other was, leaving a female on the ground. I was about twelve feet from her and she didn't seem too worried, so I started to chat. She walked around slowly , keeping an eye on me, but listened to what I was saying and even chuckled (in response maybe). What I said was look at your colouring you are so brown while the male is so colourful, does that not make you sad? She remained unfazed and I think this is what she may have said. Not at all, it is the male who has to attract us with all his colourful displays. He is competing with other males for our attention and, as a result his nature causes him to be aggressive with other males. Apart from the mating season he very much leaves us alone and treats us more as equals. If we don't want him we can walk away. This leaves life very pleasant for us. Maybe your society could learn something from we birds and animals. I thanked her for listening and said goodbye and went back inside. The one think I regret not saying was, that if we meet tomorrow I will be wearing a skirt and not to be afraid. Disclaimer; I don't speak pheasant so this may not be an accurate account and don't treat it as the view of all hen pheasants as I only spoke to one.